Any interest in a MAC league?

[DeToxRox]

I can't start it since I am commishing but I think an actual all FOFC league in the MAC would be awesome. Just seeing because I have plenty of free time and would love one more.

[Sun Tzu]

I'm pretty sure KWhit isn't doing anything.

;)

[bignej]

I was actually thinking about this earlier. Isn't it a 12 team league which would be perfect for an online league? Go BGSU!

[DeToxRox]

If you wanna start it Nej, I am so in.

[Karlifornia]

I'd be down...I know nothing about the MAC, being that I come from a place that has an entertainment industry outside of fucking livestock.

Just kidding........NOT!

I will commish the league if we get enough people. This could be very fun....I'll try to spread the knowledge. I'm down to be.....central michigan or some shit.

[Karlifornia]

This just in......DeToxRoxChippewaTwat wants to be CMU, so I'll be some other team..I really don't care which...I'll pick last.

[DeToxRox]

Thx snookems!

[cmp]

I'd definitely be interested.

[Logan]

I would definitely be interested, but I'm a bit worried about the scheduling concerns that could pop up with us all playing each other. So put me down for a 99% in pending seeing the timeframes we'll be working with. If someone wants to jump in ahead of me, that's cool.

[bignej]

I would definitely be interested, but I'm a bit worried about the scheduling concerns that could pop up with us all playing each other. So put me down for a 99% in pending seeing the timeframes we'll be working with. If someone wants to jump in ahead of me, that's cool.

Thats a good point. You would definitley have to be available often and not one of the people who can only play NCAA once a week(not there is anything wrong with that in the other leagues).

[DeToxRox]

I figure this could be a slower paced thing if needed. While there will be more human games, it's obviously less games per week, so truthfully I don't see it being too much of a hassle.

[Bigsmooth]

MAC, meh city. WAC, I'm in.

[MacroGuru]

Interested and I would take Buffalo.

[DeToxRox]

I don't think the league matters so long as its 12 team, tho the benefit of the MAC is all the teams are basically the same. CUSA is probably an option too.

[Sun Tzu]

You guys have far too much free time on your hands. I remember those days...ah yes...the single life.

[Logan]

Is it possible to "switch" commissioners? I'd be willing to run this league, but with sometimes traveling for work I could be out for a 5 day stretch, and if we're supposed to advance on a Tuesday and I don't get back til Friday, that would hold everyone up. If I could temporarily assign duties to bignej for example that would be cool. Just wondering...

[cmp]

Still any interest?

[DeToxRox]

Definetly still interested

[bignej]

OK guys I think I might set this up. I've been debating it for a while since I'm in so many leagues. Who is all interested? I'd like to get atleast 8(4 in east and west). We'll worry about teams later.

[Karlifornia]

I'm in..I've got nothing but time.

[bignej]

FYI, here are the teams. 7 in the East and 6 in the West. I would like to keep the same ratio if we dont get an even # of players.

East: Buffalo, Bowling Green, Akron, Miami (OH), Ohio, Kent St, Temple

West: West. Michigan, Toledo, N. Illinois, Ball St, Cent. Michigan, East. Michigan

[bignej]

OK so far we have:
cmp- Western Michigan (West)
DetoxRox - Central Michigan (West)
Karlifornia
bignej - BowlingGreen (East)
MacroGuru - Buffalo (East)

[DeToxRox]

I'm stealing CMU. I'm doing it. I swear to God.

[bignej]

Karl,
I just reread the other posts, did u still want to be the commish?

[Karlifornia]

It doesn't matter to me.....I'm willing to..but if someone else wants to, just as well.

[MacroGuru]

Depends on the turnaround on the sims, but most likely...Buffalo would be my team.

[cmp]

If we are able to choose teams I would definitely want Western Michigan.

[WVUFAN]

I'll take Bowling Green.

[Karlifornia]

WVUFAN....I think Bignej was all over bowling green..but you can have any team that hasn't been picked.

[WVUFAN]

How about Northern Illinois, then?

[Karlifornia]

How about Northern Illinois, then?

Sure! Go..some kind of four-legged animals?

[DeToxRox]

Bump, I know some of you ladies are interested

[Grammaticus]

What sliders are going to be used?

[bignej]

OK guys I will definitely not be able to commish this one. I can join but when I brought up being the commish, she threatened to sell my xbox.

[WVUFAN]

Who's gonna commish?

[bignej]

OK guys i am able to run this now without too much of a worry. Are you all still interested. If so please post a "yes". If we get 8, i'll start it. Also, If you claimed a team earlier , and you are still in, its yours.

[DeToxRox]

Yes, for sure in.

[cmp]

I'm definitely still in.

[bignej]

What sliders are going to be used?

Any recommendations from anyone? If none, I will use what we use in the RFL.

[DeToxRox]

Any recommendations from anyone? If none, I will use what we use in the RFL.

Yeah, I know EBFL is using RFL's sliders too. They seem to work just fine.

[MacroGuru]

Yes, I am in.

[Kodos]

Yes, I am in.

You had to figure a guy named MACroGuru would be in. :D

[bignej]

OK thats 4, need 4 more to start. We have 2 in the east and 2 in the West. Anyone else interested?

[Sun Tzu]

It's tempting, and I would but I feel like the 2 leagues I'm in take up the max amount of time that I've got.

[DeToxRox]

It's tempting, and I would but I feel like the 2 leagues I'm in take up the max amount of time that I've got.

Grow a set.

[Sun Tzu]

Honestly, I'm just afraid of getting my ass handed to me by DeToxRox on a yearly basis.

[DeToxRox]

Honestly, I'm just afraid of getting my ass handed to me by DeToxRox on a yearly basis.

Book it baby.

[WVUFAN]

I'm in.

[bignej]

so far we have:
West:
cmp- Western Michigan
DetoxRox - Central Michigan
WVUFAN - Northern Illinois

East:
bignej - BowlingGreen
MacroGuru - Buffalo


We need 3 more to start this. If you are already in let me know if you want a different team. I just gave you the one you requested before. I want to keep the East and West as even as possible.

[bignej]

FYI, here are the teams. 7 in the East and 6 in the West. I would like to keep the same ratio if we dont get an even # of players.

East: Buffalo, Bowling Green, Akron, Miami (OH), Ohio, Kent St, Temple

West: West. Michigan, Toledo, N. Illinois, Ball St, Cent. Michigan, East. Michigan

just in case

[Galaxy]

Sounds like an interesting concept. Would you be open to two mid-major conferences (six teams each)?

[bignej]

Like MAC/WAC? Definitely if we get the participation. 6 people on the MAC and 6 in the WAC. How does that sound to everyone else?

[DeToxRox]

I'm down with whatever. MAC FTW

[cmp]

That would work for me.

[Galaxy]

Like MAC/WAC? Definitely if we get the participation. 6 people on the MAC and 6 in the WAC. How does that sound to everyone else?

Either the WAC or Mountain West would be cool. What would be the time frame to get your stuff done in a week?

[CleBrownsfan]

I just got NCAA form craigslist and I'm looking to get in a league - living in Ohio I'm a huge MAC follower and would for sure be interested in a MAC dynasty...

[Logan]

Either the WAC or Mountain West would be cool. What would be the time frame to get your stuff done in a week?

Like I said originally, count me in if the timeframe is reasonable.

[WVUFAN]

Like I said, I'm in.

[bignej]

Like I said originally, count me in if the time frame is reasonable.

The time frame I would like to go with is 5 days if you have a human opponent and 4 if you don't. If The human-human game goes all 5 days, than non-human games could be played up until the hum vs hum game is completed. If all hum vs hum games are done in 3 days, the deadline is still 4 days. Does this make sense? Is everyone cool with it?

[bignej]

West:
cmp- Western Michigan
DetoxRox - Central Michigan
WVUFAN - Northern Illinois

East:
bignej - BowlingGreen
MacroGuru - Buffalo


CleBrownsfan
Logan
Galaxy?

We could start this dynasty with this group of guys if everyone picked a team. I would want to wait for more if we were to do a combined MAC/WAC or MAC/MW dynasty because the idea I thought was to get a lot of inter conference games. Anyone else out there interested? Any other ideas for team?

Also could someone post team ratings for these 3 conferences? I will later if noone else can but we should definitely keep the ratings below 80.

[Logan]

I'm definitely in. At this point, are we just selecting MAC teams? If we decide on doing two conferences would there be an opportunity to repick?

[CleBrownsfan]

I for sure could do this with the time frame of 4/5 days.... I'll take Kent State!

[bignej]

I'm definitely in. At this point, are we just selecting MAC teams? If we decide on doing two conferences would there be an opportunity to repick?


If we decided to go with multiple conferences we could re pick. It looks like we have 6 teams picked and you would make 7. C'mon guys! Can we get 1 more to start this thing?

[bignej]

OK guys, here are the ratings for the MAC and 3 other conferences that match ratings wise. If we do a 2 conference dynasty, I would prefer the C-USA because there is a Conference championship game. I will take the 1 that has the most interest. We will distribute evenly among conferences and the sub conf. of the MAC and other. If we add a conference we will repick and I would ask you to PM me your top 3 choices and I will settle it randomly if 2 pick the same team. Please share your thoughts and preferences as I would like to set this up ASAP. We could even make this a cupcake dynasty where everyone picks a sub-70 team.

Mid-American
Western Michigan-------79
NIU-----------------------77
Bowling Green-----------74
Akron---------------------72
Central Michigan---------72
Kent----------------------72
Miami (Ohio)-------------72
Ball State-----------------69
Temple--------------------69
Buffalo--------------------67
Ohio-----------------------67
Toledo--------------------67
Eastern Michigan---------64

Conference USA
Central Florida-------77
Rice-------------------77
Tulsa------------------74
Houston---------------74
East Carolina---------72
Marshall---------------72
Southern Mississippi--72
UTEP-------------------72
Memphis---------------69
SMU--------------------69
UAB--------------------69
Tulane-----------------67

Western Athletic
Boise State-------77
Hawaii------------77
Fresno State------74
New Mexico State--74
Louisiana Tech----69
Nevada------------69
San Jose State----62
Idaho-------------60
Utah State--------60

Mountain West
Brigham Young-------79
TCU--------------------79
San Diego State-------74
Utah--------------------74
Colorado State-------72
New Mexico-----------67
UNLV------------------67
Air Force--------------64
Wyoming--------------62

[CleBrownsfan]

I'm still interested in Kent State!

[bignej]

Ive gotten some interest in a combined MAC/C-USA league. How do you all feel about that as opposed to a MAC/WAC or MAC/MW? Id love to hear from those on the fence so we can get a larger league going.

[Logan]

I'm cool with CUSA.

[CleBrownsfan]

Any update on getting this dynasty going?

[bignej]

Any update on getting this dynasty going?

Actually I've been waiting for responses on which conf to use in addition to the MAC. We have only had 7 people say they would join. If we get no more responses I will start a MAC/C-USA official sign up tonight and start anyway.

[MacroGuru]

I must remove my name from this league as the two I have are more than enough, especially with the traveling I am doing again.

[CleBrownsfan]

Why don't we just do a 6 player MAC league?

[bignej]

I think you're right and others can join later if they please. I will set it up tonight or Wednesday.

[bignej]

OK. Everyone who is interested in playing,I am setting this up now. Because we only have 6 people(maybe), I am setting up a MC only league. Please PM me you team preferences ASAP.

[CleBrownsfan]

PM sent!

[Logan]

I definitely don't care either way, but are all MAC teams open or are we going to eliminate the outliers like Western Michigan and Northern Illinois?

[bignej]

I want this to be as fun as possible. All the Mac teams are under 80 in rating so I dont care which teams you want. So far I have received 4 PMs with requested teams and no conflicts. Please send me your top 3 just in case of 2 people picking the same 1. 5 teams so far.

Edit:
Actually it will be 1st come 1st serve so I can set it up as we go. Please PM choices. Sending league invites now.

[Logan]

Cool with me. I'll probably have my work cut out for me with Temple, but ummmm I have a nice pro stadium to pitch? Hopefully the CPU recruits well for Rutgers which will leave the lesser NJ 3-stars for me, like Golden is getting with Temple now.

Since the invites are already sent, can you post who everyone will be playing with so far? Could help the last straggler decide.

[bignej]

Mid-American Conference:
East:
Bowling Green---------74 (bignej)
Kent State--------------72 (clebrownsfan)
Akron---------------------72
Miami (Ohio)-----------72
Temple-------------------69 (logan)
Ohio-----------------------67
Buffalo--------------------67

West:
Western Michigan----79
Northern Illinois--------77 (wvufan)
Central Michigan------72 (detoxrox)
Ball State----------------69
Toledo---------------------67
Eastern Michigan-----64

Please PM if u want in. Teams are 1st come 1st serve. I'm currently sending invites.

[Logan]

How does MAC scheduling work? Everyone in your division and then a rotation thru the other one every other year or so?

P.S. Notice that once again DeTox ensures he's not in my division. Woman.

[bignej]

How does MAC scheduling work? Everyone in your division and then a rotation thru the other one every other year or so?

I honestly have no idea. I do know there is a conference championship, so no one gets completely over.

[bignej]

Bump, PM me if you're interested in joining.

[Balldog]

I just bought a 360 off Ebay, it should be here mid next week. Can I still join? You guys can start without me if you dont want to wait.

I'll take Western Michigan (since I'm always over there for work) if I'm allowed in.

[bignej]

We would love to have you. We are starting slow while we wait for you stragglers to sign up. Western Michigan is already taken. The updated list is in this thread:

MAC 2008: Preseason tasks Due: TBD - Front Office Football Central (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=68818)